The California legislature enacted a law requiring the California Environmental Protection
Agency (Cal/EPA) Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to evaluate …

This leading textbook in the field examines the mechanisms underlying toxicity, particularly
the events at the molecular level and the factors that determine and affect toxicity. The new …

Endocrine system is one of the most sensitive communication networks of the human body,
which influences all aspects of human health and well-being, including reproductive …

The factors that affect M/P (milk-to-plasma) ratios of several compounds were assessed in
vitro using samples collected from four healthy lactating women. Three drugs were studied …

The excretion of amphetamine in human breast milk was studied in a nursing mother with
narcolepsy, who was treated with 20 mg daily of a racemic preparation of amphetamine. The …

This study was undertaken to ascertain whether human milk contains preptin, salusin-alpha
(salusin-α) and-beta (salusin-β) and pro-hepcidin and hepcidin-25, and whether there are …

Most drugs and other foreign compounds after being absorbed into an organism are known
to show an uneven distribution, often to an extreme degree. This fact reflects the …

Sir.—Based on their timing and apparently benign outcome, Duffty and Bryan 1 have
suggested that the cause of episodes of apnea occurring in full-term infants in the first week …

The presence of chemicals in our environment is a subject of intense interest owing to the
many potential adverse health effects to humans following exposure to these chemicals. The …

Recognition of the facts that the composition of human milk is most suitable for the human
infant, that human milk affords significant protection against infectious diseases, and that the …